Opinion
Networks offer a boost
I have just read Andrew Holman's View from the Top "Network members need to tread with caution" (17 ...
Insurers sing to same toon in North-east push
There certainly seems to be something stirring in the North-east, and no, it does not concern the re...
No end to claims brain drain
I refer to your article on the "claims brain drain" (10 January, p3). This has been ongoing for a nu...
The dream ticket is over
The fallout from the aborted PWS/THB merger will certainly be worth watching. When originally annou...
Network members need to tread with caution
It's been all go in the network arena since Towergate purchased The Broker Network, and a lot of wai...
Beazley shareholders happy with independence
I was interested to read the opening paragraph of your article "Beazley: attractive investment talk ...
MPs need to understand complexities
While I support some of the comments made by the MP for Tewkesbury in the recent article (Post, 10 J...
Reviewing the situation
The comment by the managing director of Continuum in regard to "reviewing growth" raises questions a...
2008: More of the same, or major upheaval?
As with any new year it is always interesting to read the early industry predictions and it is no su...
From trash to treasure
As readers of my previous contributions to View from the Top may recall, I regard positively managin...
Aviva needs to make 'key' decision
Having personally visited a number of Aviva's Indian service centres, one thing that was evident was...
The big credit crisis chill
In the final weeks of 2007, as temperatures drop, global markets are still feeling the chill of the ...
A year of highs and lows
It is hard to believe that my first year back in insurance is almost coming to a close. It is a year...
Better the consolidator you know than don't
Towergate's acquisition of The Broker Network continues to be a hot topic of conversation across the...
No reason to sell out
Before the Financial Services Authority took over from the General Insurance Standards Council, folk...
THB/PWS: first of many?
The news that THB and PWS are in merger discussions should come as no surprise to those close to the...
Lessons from school
Like many parents following receipt of the 11plus results I am now choosing a school for my daughter...
Vital to review FSCS plans
In our response to the HM Treasury discussion paper, Banking Reform Protecting Depositors, the Insti...
Head for the hills!
Dear friend, Oh what a brilliant year we've had and what a soft market we have created for ourselve...
Rate expectations
Claims inflation
A close eye on property
Commercial property
AIG + NIG = natural fit?
Having been linked with a bid for Royal and Sun Alliance for the best of part of a decade, it is int...
North of the Border: fines for loss of court time may be a judicial own goal
It is a long established principle that an award of expenses follows success. And after a recent dec...
Brokers are being left in the regulatory firing line
Although changes are to be introduced to the insurance conduct of business rules next month, it stri...